Embroidery in India

thumb|Woman in choli c. 1872.

thumb|Close-up shoot of zardozi (zardouzi) embroidery thumb|Vicereine [[Lady Curzon's peacock dress, with a skirt made of Indian zardozi needlework featuring green beetle wings and gold and silver thread, was a sensation at her coronation, making the front page of the Chicago Tribune on 27 September 1903.]] Zardozi, or zar-douzi or zarduzi (from Classical Persian زَردوزی zardōzī, literally "gold embroidery"; ; , , , ), is an Iranian, Indian-subcontinent and Central Asian embroidery type. Zardozi comes from two Persian words: zar or zarin meaning 'gold', and dozi meaning 'sewing'. Zardozi is a

thumb|right|Nakshi Kantha|Traditional kantha stitching in [[Bangladesh]] Kantha (Bengali: কাঁথা; Hindi: कान्था), also spelled kanta or qanta, is a type of embroidery craft in Bangladesh and eastern regions of India, particularly in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Odisha. thumb|Antique quilted kantha inscribed with the meditative chant Ram Krishna, courtesy the Wovensouls collection, Singapore In Odisha, old saris are stacked on each other and hand-stitched to make a thin piece of cushion. This is normally used above a bed cushion or instead of a cushion. Kantha saris are traditi

thumb|alt=|Contemporary Phulkari design and embroidery at retail dealer's store in Patiala|Patiala, Punjab (India), 2015 thumb|Handwoven Phulkari design from the Punjab region, Digitized by [[Panjab Digital Library.]] Phulkari (; , meaning "art of flowers") refers to the folk embroidery of the Punjab region and Gulkari of Sindh in South Asia. It is an artwork traditionally created by women.

alt=Chikankari hand-embroidery|thumb|Traditional Chikankari hand-embroidery by Craft Artisans of India Chikankari (, ) is a traditional embroidery style from Lucknow, India. Translated, the word means embroidery (using thread or wire), and it is one of Lucknow's best known textile decoration styles. The main market in Lucknow for Chikankari based products is Chowk. Production is mainly based in Lucknow and in the adjoining districts.

type of metallic ribbon embroidery from Rajasthan, India

Kasidakari (Kashida, kashida - kari ) is an embroidery art associated with Kashmir, Bihar, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Himachal Pradesh.

a type of embroidered quilt

handkerchief, an embroidered handicraft

embroidery of the Toda pastoral people of Nilgiris, in Tamil Nadu

tribal embroidery art

type of embroidery